child abuse

An Orono woman will receive $8 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after a Brewer clinic failed to point out signs that her baby son was being physically abused.

In the wake of four child deaths this month, the Maine Children's Trust is urging residents to join the Front Porch Project, a new initiative meant to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Gov. Paul LePage has signed into law changes to child welfare legislation, which lawmakers approved last month in special session. The measures include…

Governor LePage has released five bills to reform the child welfare system, following the deaths of two children last winter.The bills would criminalize…

The labor union that represents Maine’s child protective caseworkers has released 10 recommendations to improve the state’s child protection system.At the…

For months the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, or OPEGA, has been investigating Maine’s Department of Health and Human…

In his weekly radio address, Gov. Paul LePage said that he will call a special session this summer to reform Maine's child protection system, following…

Gov. Paul LePage is crafting a bill that he says will improve Maine's child protection system.That’s according to state Commissioner of the Department of…

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Commissioner Ricker Hamilton says he welcomes an outside review of the way the agency handles…

When school officials and neighbors called the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to alert the agency about suspected abuse of 10-year-old…